MOScout Daily Update: Could "Down-Playing" Hurt Parson? - New Galloway Ads - Moon as Sen. NO - Rex Fallout - Rookie Lou Card and more...
Lou Brock, Stan Musial, and Two Mickey Mantles
Press release: Missouri State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick returned approximately $30,000 worth of baseball and other sports cards to a St. Charles resident this morning. The cards, including a Lou Brock rookie card, a signed Stan Musial card, and two Mickey Mantle cards, were found in a safe deposit box that was turned over to the unclaimed property division… The collection returned today contained approximately 100 baseball and basketball cards.
MOScout Daily Update: House Will Caucus on HB 2 - Sinquefield Shake-Up Reaction - New GOP Poll - Drury Passes and more...
Sinquefield Reaction
The Missouri political world reacted to news that Rex Sinquefield had dropped his longtime lobbyist Travis Brown.
Most people I spoke to viewed it like a California earthquake: for years, they’d been 100% sure it would happen, but they were totally surprised the day it actually occurred.
MOScout Daily Update: Sinquefield Shakeup - DSS Changes Child Care Support - Hancock Adds Kelly - Waiting on the House and more...
WWTHD? (What Will The House Do?)
The expectation is that we’ll get some clarity from House leadership about how they plan to proceed (or not proceed) with the jurisdiction bill which the Senate passed last week.
Look for some indication by the end of the week
MOScout Daily Update: House "Mum" on Jurisdiction Bill - 30-Day Reports from Senate Battlegrounds - Conservation Suit and more...
St. Louis City Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner has her general election in November. An independent PAC has been formed to support her Republican opponent, Daniel Zdrodowski. The PAC is Reasonable People For Justice. Its treasurer is Nick Calcaterra.
MOScout Daily Update: Senate PQs Jurisdiction - Galloway Outraises Parson - RGA Adds $2.5M - Parson To Face COVID Questions Today and more...
Senate PQs Jurisdiction
After hours of a Democratic filibuster, the Senate’s Republican majority used the PQ to push through the controversial provision giving Attorney General Eric Schmitt some jurisdiction in St. Louis City murder cases.
MOScout Daily Update: Dems Buy $5M of Ads in MO - New Pro-Parson Ads - WH Wanted MO Mask Mandate - August Revenues Strong and more...
Uniting MO Unveils Three New Ads
Uniting Missouri unveiled three new ads, hitting their same themes.
· One is the relative of a victim of violent crime who is “tired of soft on crime politicians” so isn’t supporting Nicole Galloway. See it here.
· One is a businessman who appreciates Parson’s efforts on workforce training. See it here.
· And the third shows a disintegrating society and says Galloway is “standing with those who want to completely abolish our local police departments.” See it here.
MOScout Daily Update: Court Rewrites CLEANER - Senate Hearing Crime Bills - GOP Gubby Poll - Recession Over? and more...
Court Rewrite CLEANER Again
The Western District Court of Appeals rewrote the CLEANER ballot language yet again. The latest reworking is more favorable to the proponents of the proposal, but still not as advantageous as the original language put forth by the legislature.